{"id":103095,"date":"2025-10-27T07:48:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T07:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/103095\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T07:48:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T07:48:08","slug":"sh29-tauriko-west-works-progress-as-nzta-invites-community-input","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/103095\/","title":{"rendered":"SH29 Tauriko West works progress as NZTA invites community input"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dptlwVDgxxGx\" style=\"display:none\">\u2013 Upcoming maintenance on SH29 <\/p>\n<p class=\"dptlwVDgxxGx\" style=\"display:none\">\u2013 The evolving Tauriko West community and other local developments <\/p>\n<p class=\"dptlwVDgxxGx\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWe\u2019re looking forward to sharing updates and hearing from the community,\u201d  NZTA system design regional manager Susan Collins said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dptlwVDgxxGx\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cA lot has changed in Tauriko West over the past two years and with construction under way at three major sites on SH29, this is a great opportunity to connect and share what\u2019s happening.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"dptlwVDgxxGx\" style=\"display:none\">Construction on the new \u014cmanawa Bridge will soon begin on on SH29. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dptlwVDgxxGx\" style=\"display:none\">The bridge, the first phase in the SH29\/SH29A Tauriko West Roads of National Significance project, will be built alongside the existing one, on an alignment that fits with the future design for Tauriko West. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dptlwVDgxxGx\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThe team is now making a start on preparing the site, with trees clear and work about to start on access roads. By November main construction will be under way.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"dptlwVDgxxGx\" style=\"display:none\">NZTA recently awarded the contract to protect the route and seek consents for the SH29 Tauriko West project and upgrades to SH29A. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dptlwVDgxxGx\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThe future new SH29 will feature four lanes between the Redwood Lane Interchange and Takitimu North Link Interchange, widening SH29A to four lanes between the Takitimu Drive Toll Road roundabout and Barkes Corner Interchange. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dptlwVDgxxGx\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThe designation and consenting work is being supported by [engineering consultants] BBO, including identifying the land required, technical and environmental assessments, relocating utilities and working with landowners,\u201d  Collins said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dptlwVDgxxGx\" style=\"display:none\">Community information day<\/p>\n<p class=\"dptlwVDgxxGx\" style=\"display:none\">Where: Tauriko School, 768 State Highway 29 Tauriko, Tauranga<\/p>\n<p class=\"dptlwVDgxxGx\" style=\"display:none\">When: Saturday, November 8, between 11am and 2pm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2013 Upcoming maintenance on SH29 \u2013 The evolving Tauriko West community and other local developments \u201cWe\u2019re looking forward&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":103096,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49653,12635,806,682,1259,3273,75115,26755,15415,71830,31993,68193,111,43,139,69,16488,13194,530,72943,18988,13672,53734,1529,7245,3807,15146],"class_list":["post-103095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-affecting","tag-area","tag-as","tag-being","tag-community","tag-future","tag-hear","tag-highway","tag-information","tag-input","tag-invited","tag-invites","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-nzta","tag-progress","tag-residents","tag-sh29","tag-sites","tag-state","tag-tauriko","tag-three","tag-updates","tag-west","tag-works"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103095\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}